poniedziałek, 17 października 2011

JAMy improwizacji z muzyką na żywo


Rozpoczynamy nowy cykl jamów improwizacji we Wrocławiu!!! W nowym miejscu, w klubie Puzzle we Wrocławiu otwieramy przestrzeń dla spotkania w improwizacji muzyków i tancerzy.
Zapraszamy muzyków do współpracy.
Stała godzina jamów: 19-21... potem impreza do rana

najbliższe terminy jamów:

15 październik
29 październik

11 listopad
25 listopad

11 grudnia (godz.18:30-20:30!)

13 stycznia g.19:00
21 stycznia g.19:30 (ul. Wierzbowa 15!)

JAMy improwizacji są imprezą otwartą. Zapraszamy wszystkich chętnych do oglądania, próbowania, wspólnego tańcowania i muzykowania.
Wstęp wolny!!!

środa, 5 października 2011

Intensive Study Lab with Daniel Lepkoff 11-13 Nov Wroclaw

Foundations
of Improvisation and Spontaneous Composition
researching Movement, Mind & Flow of Information
      11-13 2011 November Wroclaw Poland


with Daniel Lepkoff
couching for performers, dancers, actors, movers, teachers


The Performance Laboratory

We will divide our studio time into two sessions with a break in between:

Session I. The Movement of Attention: Ordinarily we are unconscious of the movement of our attention and so do not notice how we constantly scan our environment, with all of our senses, for information. This facility is often under utilized. Through practice we can cultivate and strengthen our innate ability to observation and access new perceptions and physical understanding of where we are and where we can go. For a dancer it is a key to movement invention and research.
We work with an combination of stillness and movement to research and delve into the details of how the mind composes physical images, movement desires, and ultimately organizes our body to move. Aspects of stillness can be found within movement and inside of a stillness one finds a moving state. We work specifically with the constructive rest position in connection with deeply reflex ordinary movements such as: breathing, crawling, walking and running. Gradually we building a visceral link between high energy action and deep seamless observation.
Session II. Moving the Environment: The visible boundaries of our body are transparent to the force of gravity. The forces that we feel within our body, (compression or stretch) do not know the difference between what is us and what is our environment. We move ourselves by extending our energy into the environment. The environment answers. We move it and it moves us. This duality offers an extended dimension to our awareness and understanding of what is happening in our dancing as we navigate through time and space.


We will work with objects (both large and small) and each other to explore extending our architecture and expressing force and intention into the environment.
Our work forms a base for a shared physical language and supports creating spontaneous compositions in solo, duet, or group.

                                                        
Daniel Lepkoffs work looks at "all" of our movement as a finely tuned physical dialogue with the environment and explores the form and composition of this interaction.
Starting in the early '70's Daniel was at the center of the development of Release Technique with Mary Fulkerson and of Contact Improvisation with Steve Paxton. Throughout the '70's and '80's he traveled extensively; actively teaching, performing and exposing these new ideas worldwide
As a performer and teacher he is known for his commitment to a way of composing dances that arises from the process of living movement, a vision of living in the body in a physical dialogue with the environment
He is one of the founders of Movement Research in NYC.
In the 80's Daniel was a member of the New York based improvisational performance ensemble “Channel Z” from 1982 to 1987. Channel-Z’s members included: Robin Feld, Paul Langland, Daniel Lepkoff, Diane Madden, Nina Martin, Stephen Petronio & Randy Warshaw.
Over the years he has collaborated with many other artists and performers including: Lisa Nelson,  Steve Paxton; Paul Langland, Saira Blanche Theater in Moscow (Oleg Soulimenko and Andrej Andrianov), Lux Flux in Vienna (Inge Kandlsdorfer, Annette Pffeferkorn and Jack Hauser) and Japanese dancer, Sakura Shimada, among others.
His own work has been seen in NY at PS122, The Kitchen, Movement Research, DTW & Danspace. He has received grants for The Robison Foundation &  The Suitcase Fund. In 2002 he was the artistic director and co-produced (together with Mira Kovarova) of "Physical Dialogues" a dance festival in Bratislava focusing on alternative systems for researching movement.
He has published numerous articles articulating concepts that are central to his own work, these writing appear in CQ, The MR Performance Journal and Contredanse Publications in Bruxelles.



“I view dancing as the imagination acting through the body. My work examines how the mind and body act together to compose our movement. Whatever is happening, at any moment, is appreciated as an intelligent response to one's present moment and as material that can be placed in a dance frame. The workshop provides tools and situations for researching your own movement choices and developing your powers of observation. I am an improvising performer and my own reference point in creating and practicing this work is to develop a performance practice. However these techniques can be easily applied by anyone interested in making dances or dancing, as well as people with a curiosity about the creative process and an appetite for being physical.”

“The material is drawn directly from my own movement research which has it's roots in seminal the work I began in the '70's with the early developments of both Anatomical Release Technique and Contact Improvisation, as well as the work of Steve Paxton, and the work of Lisa Nelson.”




Daniel Lepkoff

 For more detailed information on Daniel's work go to: www.daniellepkoff.com


For more information about the requirements and registration contact:
Olga Gawlik o.gawlik@gmail.com, (+48) 691 967 697
Aga Rybak  a.rybak@poczta.onet.eu, (+48) 530 716 044